expanding metalinguistic knowledge by receptive use of:
- intimate copula verb ending (a noun + (이)야)
- expressions of intentions andlikelihood: -겠어요, -(으)ㄹ 것 같아요
- conjunctors connecting clauses (-(으)니까, -(으)러)
- complex structures such as-어/아야 하다, -어/아도 되다, with the informal polite ending -아/어요 (가야 해요, 먹어도 돼요), recognising that they are in the same structure as -어/아 주다, -어/아 보다 and -지 말다 (verb stem + suffix + auxiliary verb) and that the auxiliary verbs add meanings such as obligation, permission and attempt
- complex structures connecting verbs with various functions (to be introduced as a set phrase, for example, -기 때문에, -기 위해(서)
- levels of politeness in speech, for example, formal polite, informal polite, intimate, for example, 해, 해요, 합니다
- honorific suffix -시-, for example, 하십니다,가르치십니다